April 28 – Rights, the Human, and Literature in Early Modernity conference at the GC
Conference Information and Schedule
All panels held in Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., New York
28 April 2017
10:00-11:30, Opening Plenary
Eric Nelson (Harvard), “Liberalism and Theodicy”
Respondent: Joy Connolly (Graduate Center)
11:30-11:45, Coffee Break
11:45-1:00, Rights in Continental and Eastern traditions
Chair: Clare Carroll (Graduate Center)
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite (NYU), “The Right to Write Islam: Muslim Literati in Early Modern China”
Domna Stanton (Graduate Center), “‘Perpetual Peace,’ from Grotius to Kant: A Precursor to Human Rights?”
Christopher N. Warren (Carnegie Mellon), “Angels and Diplomats”
2:00-3:30, Rights in the early modern Atlantic world
Chair: Sarah A. Covington (Graduate Center)
Herman Bennett (Graduate Center), “Before the Human: Africans, Sovereigns, and Slaves”
Sarah Rivett (Princeton), “Natural Equality without Political Rights: Missionary Linguistics and the Limits of Universalism in Early America”
Sharon Achinstein (Johns Hopkins), “New World Behn: Languages of the Body and Questions of Humanity”
3:30-4:00, Coffee Break
4:00-5:30, Closing Plenary / Joseph A. Wittreich Lecture in Milton Studies
Mary Nyquist (Toronto), “Hobbes, Milton, and the Right of (Political) Resistance”
Respondent: John M. Archer (NYU)
5:30-6:30, Closing reception in History lounge (Room 5114)
For more information about the speakers click here: https://emrights.commons.gc.cuny.edu/speakers/
The conference is made possible by the generous support of the Renaissance Studies Certificate Program, The Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC), the Provost’s Office, the PhD Program in English, and the PhD Program in History.